These DIY holiday recipes smell like your favorite baked goods and they make great gifts, too. Think cinnamon-scented candles, gluten-free Christmas pancake mix, ginger and orange soap or peppermint massage oil.
If you know someone who loves Christmas cookies (uhm, how could you not?), combine 2-3 of these recipes in a tote bag and bring them over the next time you meet. You can even take it one step forward with scent-themed gift baskets!
DIY Holiday Recipes That Smell Amazing
Scroll down for some of our favorite giftable beauty, home and food recipes that smell like Christmas cookies.
Ginger
Ginger Detox Bath is ideal for anyone who could use a break this time of the year (hi, mom!)
Homemade Cough Drops may not be glamorous but sure make a great get-well-soon-gift!
Cedarwood, Ginger + Orange Soap is just the soap for the season.
DIY Perfume made with ginger as a middle note gets that warm, spicy and slightly woody scent we can't get enough of.
Men's Cologne smells amazing in a combination of ginger, sandalwood and black pepper.
Muscle Rub gets its soothing effect from a combination of warming ginger and cooling peppermint.
Christmas Morning Pancakes mix can easily be packed in a mason jar and offered as a gift together with the pancake recipe.
Cinnamon
Wax-Dipped Pinecone Firestarters are scented with cinnamon essential oil for the best-smelling fire.
Cinnamon-Vanilla Infused Ghee takes 20 minutes to make and it's an easy last-minute gift for the foodies in your life.
Potpourri and Pot Simmer just include mixing together some things in a jar, and cinnamon is a great base for winter scents.
Oatmeal Cinnamon Soap is luxurious and exfoliating, and it's a low-effort, high-results unisex gift.
Carmelite Water has a wonderful collection of spicy scents that are perfect for the season.
Cinnamon Vanilla Coffee Creamer takes 10 minutes to prep and it's a low-waste gift for the people in your life.
Cinnamon Ornaments are made with a flour, cinnamon and salt dough that make your home smell like baking.
Cinnamon Lip Scrub + Balm gives you plumper lips and is literally the tastiest.
Peppermint
Massage Oil with peppermint, tea tree and lavender is great after a workout!
Chocolate Mint Bath Melts take you back to a Lush shop, but without the receipt.
Eucalyptus Shower Steamers are perfect for people living in smaller spaces or too busy for long baths.
Vanilla
Vanilla Clove Body Oil is also known as "man magnet". Enough said.
Honey Vanilla Bubble Bath aka a spa day in a bottle.
Vanilla Perfume might be solid, roll-on or traditional, but one thing's for sure: it smells insane.
French Vanilla Coffee Candles are a subtle way of scenting the home like a fancy coffee shop.
Almond Vanilla Clay Face Soap is perfect for sensitive skin and easy to make in big batches.
Citrus
Lavender Lemonade Body Spray is so easy to mix and so easy to gift.
Lemon + Sage Body Scrub can be made in bigger batches for anyone on your list.
Blood Orange Italian Soda that anyone can make by just adding sparkling water.
Lavender Lemon Laundry Bar Soap will instantly change the way you do laundry.
Lacto-Fermented Lemonade will probably be opened the minute you gift it.
Digestive Bitters have tons of health benefits and citrus works well with the dandelion, sage and cardamon flavors.
Herb + Spice Glycerin Soap mixes a simple mix-and-pour base with real orange and lemon peel for a pretty, festive look.
Natural Fruit Gummies are what the kids didn't know they wanted.
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